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if harry reid kills that, harry reid is response ible for shuttg down the government. he should listen to the american people. don't fund obama care because it's hurting the american people. it's not working. that's why the unions want out. that's why senate democrats want out, because it's not working. >> senator, we're going to talk about that with senator mccaskill in the next segment. thank you for joining us today and we'll stay on top of the battle of the budget. should be interesting. >> thank you, chris. >>> up next, syria submits an initial inventory of its chemical weapons stockpile. >>> and then, senator claire mccaskill on syria and the government shutdown and the massacre at the fighting constipation by eating healthier, drinking plenty of water, but still not getting relief? try dulcolax laxative tablets. dulcolax is comfort-coated for gentle, over-night relief. dulcolax. predictable over-night relief you can count on. ♪ for a store near you go to benjaminmoore.com/bayarea. for a store near you go to benjaminmoore.com/bayarea. >>> the syrian government
if harry reid kills that, harry reid is response ible for shuttg down the government. he should listen to the american people. don't fund obama care because it's hurting the american people. it's not working. that's why the unions want out. that's why senate democrats want out, because it's not working. >> senator, we're going to talk about that with senator mccaskill in the next segment. thank you for joining us today and we'll stay on top of the battle of the budget. should be...
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if harry reid kills that, harry reid is response ible for shuttg down the government. he should listen to the american people. don't fund obama care because it's hurting the american people. it's not working. that's why the unions want out. that's why senate democrats want out, because it's not working. >> senator, we're going to talk about that with senator mccaskill in the next segment. thank you for joining us today and we'll stay on top of the battle of the budget. should be interesting. >> thank you, chris. >>> up next, syria submits an initial inventory of its chemical weapons stockpile. >>> and then, senator claire mccaskill on syria and the government shutdown and the massacre at the washington navy yard. stay tuned. [ female announcer ] nature valley protein bars, with simple, real ingredients, like roasted peanuts, creamy peanut butter, and a rich dark-chocolate flavor, plus 10 grams of protein, so it's energy straight from nature to you. nature valley protein bars. nice car. sure is. make a deal with me, kid, and you can have the car and everything that goes
if harry reid kills that, harry reid is response ible for shuttg down the government. he should listen to the american people. don't fund obama care because it's hurting the american people. it's not working. that's why the unions want out. that's why senate democrats want out, because it's not working. >> senator, we're going to talk about that with senator mccaskill in the next segment. thank you for joining us today and we'll stay on top of the battle of the budget. should be...
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if harry reid kills that, harry reid is response ible for shuttg down the government. he should listen to the american people. don't fund obama care because it's hurting the american people. it's not working. that's why the unions want out. that's why senate democrats want out, because it's not working. >> senator, we're going to talk about that with senator mccaskill in the next segment. thank you for joining us today and we'll stay on top of the battle of the budget. should be interesting. >> thank you, chris. >>> up next, syria submits an initial inventory of its chemical weapons stockpile. >>> and then, senator claire mccaskill on syria and the government shutdown and the massacre at the how mu protein does your dog food have? 18 percent? 20? new purina one true instinct has 30. active dogs crave nutrient-dense food. so we made purina one true instinct. learmore at purinaone.com [voice] hu-rry up, is cold in here. [jelly bear] relax. we're checking the manual. [jelly animal] whoa,this minivan is loaded! ailable forward collision warning,pandora compatibility, avail
if harry reid kills that, harry reid is response ible for shuttg down the government. he should listen to the american people. don't fund obama care because it's hurting the american people. it's not working. that's why the unions want out. that's why senate democrats want out, because it's not working. >> senator, we're going to talk about that with senator mccaskill in the next segment. thank you for joining us today and we'll stay on top of the battle of the budget. should be...
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they should stop harry reid from changing the house bill and for inserting the funding with 51 votes. that will be the fight whether he can use a straight party line vote -- and senate republicans, if they stand together, we can stop harry reid. >> are you going to block consideration of the bill? will you allow consideration of the bill? you can filibuster that. if you lose that, then a simple majority could take out obama care. so are you going to have a consideration of the bill, a vote up or down, or let them vote to block a bill that you support. >> first we will ask harry reid if had will allow amendmented to be subject to 60-vote threshold. in all likelihood will will say no because he wanted to force funding through with democrats. he does that even senate republicans have the tool that we always used when the majority leader is becausing his power. we can filibuster and say we will not allow use to add the funding back for obama care with just 51 votes. >> if i may, you say this is brute political power, it's senate rule 22 that has been around for years. it says you say allo
they should stop harry reid from changing the house bill and for inserting the funding with 51 votes. that will be the fight whether he can use a straight party line vote -- and senate republicans, if they stand together, we can stop harry reid. >> are you going to block consideration of the bill? will you allow consideration of the bill? you can filibuster that. if you lose that, then a simple majority could take out obama care. so are you going to have a consideration of the bill, a...
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in a divided government you can't have it all your way. >> forgive me, your leader, harry reid said it was too generous to republicans and rejected it. >> we're waiting to see the leadership come back with something that maybe he believes is more fair. i don't know. we looked at it from the standpoint, they wanted to repeal the medical device tax. republicans wanted that. they compromised. they wanted oversight as far as people who were signing up for it. the bottom line is we don't want that to gut the bill. give obama care a chance to work. if it doesn't work, it will fall on its own. don't have the underlying motive to get rid of it. we're talking about finances of our country. we can talk about an energy policy, coal, what role it plays in the economy of the government, the energy we have. that's not the place for it. everybody wants to bring their social agenda to the table when we really should fixing the finances of this country. that's what bob and i have been working on. >> senator corker, majority leader harry reid late yesterday, along with other democratic leaders, went to
in a divided government you can't have it all your way. >> forgive me, your leader, harry reid said it was too generous to republicans and rejected it. >> we're waiting to see the leadership come back with something that maybe he believes is more fair. i don't know. we looked at it from the standpoint, they wanted to repeal the medical device tax. republicans wanted that. they compromised. they wanted oversight as far as people who were signing up for it. the bottom line is we don't...
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default the country. >> harry reid? >> harry reid because you can't default the country. >> is there a danger, as bob corker said, they overstepped? >> there is a danger with each passing day that danger grows. but the most likely outcome is that the senate comes up with some sort of compromise, the house will have to accept it. in spite of what the congressman you had on before. the house says just can't take what the senate gave us to, they vote it down, the stock market plunges and they come back and say well, i guess we had to, and they ultimately pass it with damage to the economy in the meantime. >> the senate moderates if you will, came up with a plan, paul ryan, not the most right wing member of the house said this is a total cave to the president and unacceptable. harry reid rejected it because he said it was a case for the republicans and he wanted something more tilted toward the president. how does something like that everybody get through the house? >> it's incredible that i got on friday when i was going t
default the country. >> harry reid? >> harry reid because you can't default the country. >> is there a danger, as bob corker said, they overstepped? >> there is a danger with each passing day that danger grows. but the most likely outcome is that the senate comes up with some sort of compromise, the house will have to accept it. in spite of what the congressman you had on before. the house says just can't take what the senate gave us to, they vote it down, the stock...
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care and, as you just heard, majority leader harry reid says that it done in the senate. joining me is senator ted cruz. senator, welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> thank you, chris. good to be with you today. >> we just played a chip, you saying that you will do everything you can to block whatever you can to block a bill that you actually support which would fund the government but defund obama care. so how are you going to get other republican senators on board to block a bill that you support? >> well, let's be clear, last week's vote was a tremendous victory. just a few weeks ago, no pundit in washington thought it was possible. we would see the vote we saw on friday. last week, the house of representatives voted to defund obama care and now next week, as you note, the fight moves to the senate and i think next week is a time for party unity. i think next week all senate republicans, i hope, should come
care and, as you just heard, majority leader harry reid says that it done in the senate. joining me is senator ted cruz. senator, welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> thank you, chris. good to be with you today. >> we just played a chip, you saying that you will do everything you can to block whatever you can to block a bill that you actually support which would fund the government but defund obama care. so how are you going to get other republican senators on board to...
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harry reid hasn't passed a budget in three years. we have to retuse spending to solve the problem. that is the adult disciplined thing to do . what the american people are looking for us to do. instead of saying giving us more revenue and we'll cut spending later . let us run up the credit card, thrais it old lucy, charley brown football. american people are saying we'll not kick it this time. you guys always screw it up and let's do the right thing and solve the problem and put our count reap on to balance and have a growing economy. >> john: do the president's feet need to be held to the fire. >> guest: the president put on the table a plan for another 1.2 trillion if spending cuts and they walked away, why? jim and his colleagues didn't want to ask people who earned over to pay more. the president's budget has contained spending cuts. >> guest: does the tax increase create one job? >> guest: does that create jobs. >> guest: jim if we don't get the deficit under control. >> guest: we have to grow the economy. you have to cut spending and grow the economy. >> guest: it will hurt t
harry reid hasn't passed a budget in three years. we have to retuse spending to solve the problem. that is the adult disciplined thing to do . what the american people are looking for us to do. instead of saying giving us more revenue and we'll cut spending later . let us run up the credit card, thrais it old lucy, charley brown football. american people are saying we'll not kick it this time. you guys always screw it up and let's do the right thing and solve the problem and put our count reap...
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harry reid hasn't touched the budget in three years. tell us where to reduce spending because that has to happen if we solve this problem. that is the adult responsible thing to do and frankly what the american people are looking for us to do. let's do it for a change instead of saying give us more revenue and we promise we will cut spending later. give us more borrowing authority. we promise we will cut. this is the looc lucy and chare brown and the football and we are not going to kick it this time. you always vie screw it up. let's solve about problem and put this country on the path to get a balance to have a growing economy and see the things that need to happen. >> do the president's feet need to be held to the fire here on spending? >> the president has put together a plan for another 1.2 trillion, north dakota, spending cuts. they walked afrom trace gallagher prosal why because jim and his colleagues didn't want to ask people who make over a million dollars a year to pay a little bit more. the president's budget contains signifi
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. >> senate majority leader harry reid asked the public broadcasting system was if the f ultimate goal was to move to a single payer sis ste. he responded according to forbes, magazine, yes, yes, absolutely yes. if they tried to move obamacare to a single payer system, what would your response be?>> >> i think it is amazing sometimes when politicians are forthright. he hasow admitted now that thath is their goal. people have to think about it. the goal of single payer may mean everybody gets medicaid. if you are excited about going on medicaid you need to voteid a with harry reid and with the president. thi i think it is a bad idea.85% 85% of us had health insurance. t we should haveri tried to fix te the system for the 15% who didn't instead of destroying it for everyone in the countryt who actually had good health insurance. the president did nothing about prices rising.es he has made insurance more mor expensive because of his mandates and making thehe insurance cover more items. you issued a statement after the carnage of wednesdaywe calling on the president to end foreign assistan
. >> senate majority leader harry reid asked the public broadcasting system was if the f ultimate goal was to move to a single payer sis ste. he responded according to forbes, magazine, yes, yes, absolutely yes. if they tried to move obamacare to a single payer system, what would your response be?>> >> i think it is amazing sometimes when politicians are forthright. he hasow admitted now that thath is their goal. people have to think about it. the goal of single payer may mean...
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let's listen to the way harry reid put this on thursday. >> the anarchists are winning. anything that can be done to slow down hurt or get rid of government in any way, that's good. shutting down the government obviously is what majority of the republican caucus wants to do in the house. >> charles, republicans have lost every time on obama care, is this a loser for them? >> i think their own leadership in the house recognizes that it's a loser and they are having this battle with this group of kind of diehard republicans within their own caucus. and, my goodness, privately, i think the house leadership is even harcher but its own members than some democrats. harry reid is enjoying the spectacle and it really does come down to this complete lack of unity within the republican caucus. having said that i think there is a lot of theater in terms terms of these rebels. i think they're showing off for their base back home and that ultimately, enough of them can be kproecompromised by the leadp in such a waythat a continuing resolution will get through. >> i think there is a w
let's listen to the way harry reid put this on thursday. >> the anarchists are winning. anything that can be done to slow down hurt or get rid of government in any way, that's good. shutting down the government obviously is what majority of the republican caucus wants to do in the house. >> charles, republicans have lost every time on obama care, is this a loser for them? >> i think their own leadership in the house recognizes that it's a loser and they are having this battle...
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. >> john: senate majority leader harry reid was recently asked at a nevada public broadcasting program if the ultimate goal of obama care was to move to a single pair system. he responded according to forbes magazine, yes, he yes, absolutely yes. if the senate majority leader tried to move obama care to a single pair system, what would your response be? >> well, you know, i think it's amazing sometimes when politicians are forth right. is he has admitted now that that is their goal. people have to think about it, the goal of single pair, that may well mean that everybody in the country gets medicaid, and if you are excited about going on medicaid, then you need to vote with harry reid and with the president, but i think it's a bad idea. 85% of us had health insurance. we should have tried to fix the system for the 15% who didn't. instead of destroying it for everybody in the country who actually had good health insurance. our main concern was the price rising and the president did nothing about prices rising. he has made insurance more expensive because of his mandates and making the i
. >> john: senate majority leader harry reid was recently asked at a nevada public broadcasting program if the ultimate goal of obama care was to move to a single pair system. he responded according to forbes magazine, yes, he yes, absolutely yes. if the senate majority leader tried to move obama care to a single pair system, what would your response be? >> well, you know, i think it's amazing sometimes when politicians are forth right. is he has admitted now that that is their...
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now harry reid says that is dead on arrival when they come back into session monday afternoon ten hours before the shut down. i know you want them to pass it, but i assume they don't. what do you do then? >> you assume they won't, but there were 79 senators that voted to end the pacemaker tax. you have the president this year every single month delaying a portion. i think let's have the debate. let's allow those senators in states they live in -- >> it's a privileged motion. they don't even have to debate, harry reid can throw it in the trash. >> but when you look at the american pub hick, learning what's going on with this bill, opposing it, you go to some of these states where they have difficult races, i think they have to be pressuring their leaders. >> okay, assume for the sake of discussion they reject it. what will the house do then? >> i think the house will get back together and in enough time send another provision not to shut the down, and there will be options again. when you look at what has transpired since obama care moved forward, we have created jobs in this country, bu
now harry reid says that is dead on arrival when they come back into session monday afternoon ten hours before the shut down. i know you want them to pass it, but i assume they don't. what do you do then? >> you assume they won't, but there were 79 senators that voted to end the pacemaker tax. you have the president this year every single month delaying a portion. i think let's have the debate. let's allow those senators in states they live in -- >> it's a privileged motion. they...
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harry reid is enjoying the spectacle. and it really does come down to this complete lack of unity within the republican caucus. having said that, i think there's a lot of theater in terms of these rebels. i think they're showing off for their base back home, and that ultimately enough of them can be compromised by the leadership in such a way that a continuing resolution, but only through maybe a couple of months, will get passed. >> i think there is a way out of this, i mean, for republicans. >> what's the way out? >> look, the entire house, joined by 22 democrats, voted to suspend the individual mandate for a year. president obama spended the employer mandate. add that to the continuing resolution. the house just now joined by a few democrats voted to acquire security and privacy concerns. >> you would do that rather than defund it. >> i would target the most unpopular and genuinely the most problematic parts of obamacare, delay that, add that to the continuing resolution. that's a tough argument. i just delayed the emp
harry reid is enjoying the spectacle. and it really does come down to this complete lack of unity within the republican caucus. having said that, i think there's a lot of theater in terms of these rebels. i think they're showing off for their base back home, and that ultimately enough of them can be compromised by the leadership in such a way that a continuing resolution, but only through maybe a couple of months, will get passed. >> i think there is a way out of this, i mean, for...
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>>chris: you blame republicans but i put up what harry reid, the senate majority leader, said talking about senator feinstein's plan to ban assault weapons and what he said about that. >> right now, her amendment using the most optimistic numbers has less than 40 votes. that is not 60. >>chris: if they don't have 40 votes in the senate for the assault weapons ban that means at lease 15 democrats have joined the republicans in opposing that. why has the president, dan,en unable to gather more support from democrats as well as republicans? >> there are two things. first, on all of these issues, the majority of democrats are supporting it and a small minority, if any republicans are supporting from the comments that are support i of the 2nd amendment. the focus is on passing what the president wants to sign is a strong bipartisan bill with enforceable background checks but it requires the republicans to not filibuster this and it requires 60 votes. when the president gave the state of the union with the newtown families in the audience they all got up to applaud. but when the families ar
>>chris: you blame republicans but i put up what harry reid, the senate majority leader, said talking about senator feinstein's plan to ban assault weapons and what he said about that. >> right now, her amendment using the most optimistic numbers has less than 40 votes. that is not 60. >>chris: if they don't have 40 votes in the senate for the assault weapons ban that means at lease 15 democrats have joined the republicans in opposing that. why has the president, dan,en unable...
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harry reid won't take up border enforcement. they want this for a political issue. this is a big boon for democrats. whether republicans are willing to go along with this or not, if we pass something, they'll still get the credit in the white house. the president has signed a bill. they'll continue to use this for political reasons. that's at the base of this. some republicans have bitten into it thinking we have to take it off the table by passing amnesty. >> chris: congressman israel, as you just heard from steve king, president obama in a sense gave republicans a new talking point this week in their opposition to immigration reform when he announced that he's not going to enforce the employer mandate on obamacare for a year. let's take a look at what house majority leader eric cantor had to say this week. >> if the president can selectively enforce a provision under obamacare, what's to say he can't selectively enforce or not enforce a provisional security in the immigration package? >> chris: article 2, section 3, of the u.s. constitution says the president shal
harry reid won't take up border enforcement. they want this for a political issue. this is a big boon for democrats. whether republicans are willing to go along with this or not, if we pass something, they'll still get the credit in the white house. the president has signed a bill. they'll continue to use this for political reasons. that's at the base of this. some republicans have bitten into it thinking we have to take it off the table by passing amnesty. >> chris: congressman israel,...
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works we see harry reid who is the senate majority leader and is not going to include the high c to vacity magazines or assault weapons ban in the bill. he says in the asslslt weapons ban it wounal n't get 4083otes, let alone 60. what is going on? >> certainly in this country we have a83ery powerful gun lobby and the leadership of the n.r.a. has done a good job over many, many years of controlling the debate on this issue. one thing that is different now is the fact that we had 20 first graders murdered in a classroom along with six educators. i mean that is unahiceptacontrd the american people want something done on this. 912% of americans -- 92--of americans support a universal background check and 74% of n.r.a. members. i wounal hope at some point tt the leadership of the n.r.a. would just listen to their membership on this iss mo. >> chris: we will get to the background check in a second. one last question about the senate. repucontricans say they will or an alternative bill that would crack down on gun trafficking and wounal beef uysschool safy that would not include the background ch
works we see harry reid who is the senate majority leader and is not going to include the high c to vacity magazines or assault weapons ban in the bill. he says in the asslslt weapons ban it wounal n't get 4083otes, let alone 60. what is going on? >> certainly in this country we have a83ery powerful gun lobby and the leadership of the n.r.a. has done a good job over many, many years of controlling the debate on this issue. one thing that is different now is the fact that we had 20 first...
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>> first, it was the white house, it was obama and jack lew and rob nabors who went to harry reid and said this is the solution but everyone has their fingerprint on this and it is everyone's -- the policy and it is law, what is important about it is, it is a governing travesty. the idea that you are going to go around and in random ways cut things and would be like a family that has to cut their budget, saying, let's cut the medicine that keeps the children alive. it is stupid. >> chris: kim, having said that it is stupid, what are the chances that we're actually going to reach march 1st and the sequester, the $85 billion in automatic cuts, will kick in and if it does, and if we begin to see, markets reacting and stuff, how does it play out with the president insisting there have to be tax hikes on the rich, and, the republicans saying, no, it all needs to come out of spending cuts? >> i think it is very likely we hit that day and it comes and the reason why is because, the republicans have been asking the white house to come up with some sort of alternative, which you actually prior
>> first, it was the white house, it was obama and jack lew and rob nabors who went to harry reid and said this is the solution but everyone has their fingerprint on this and it is everyone's -- the policy and it is law, what is important about it is, it is a governing travesty. the idea that you are going to go around and in random ways cut things and would be like a family that has to cut their budget, saying, let's cut the medicine that keeps the children alive. it is stupid. >>...
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harry reid can't be scared to send democrats to have this discussion. >> you heard secretary lew, secretary of the treasury talking about how catastrophic it would be if we were to default. are you prepared to refuse to raise the debt limit unless you get what you want on obama care? >> there is no reason to default. in fact, republicans don't want to default. we passed a bill, the full faith and credit -- >> secretary le. >> you're not answering my question. >> he could pass the full faith and credit act that we passed out of the house that would prioritize the spending. and you pointed out right that there is a lot of revenue coming into the government. they forget to tell you about the $2 billion collected every month. >> but would you refuse to raise the debt limit over obama care? >> right now we're talking about obama care as it relates to opening the government and the continuing resolution. 95% of this we agree on. let's get this taken care of and then let's talk about the other 5%. >> congressman king, democrats are now pushing a discharge petition to take this idea of a clean cr o
harry reid can't be scared to send democrats to have this discussion. >> you heard secretary lew, secretary of the treasury talking about how catastrophic it would be if we were to default. are you prepared to refuse to raise the debt limit unless you get what you want on obama care? >> there is no reason to default. in fact, republicans don't want to default. we passed a bill, the full faith and credit -- >> secretary le. >> you're not answering my question. >> he...
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this was killed in 2007 because harry reid derailed a very careful process set up by the white house senator kennedy and senator mccain that had 94 amendments set up to vote. senator bayh would have been there i think at the time to vote on them. and that was important because the legislation has to have the consensus of republicans and democrats that they have had a chance to write it as best they could. >> chris: senator bayh strikes me that the toughest part of the bill for the conservatives whether it is amnesty or are not amnesty is that the 11 million illegal immigrants now, in the country are are going to get legal status and a lot of people think that it will never get revoked. i think the toughest part for liberals is the fact that it is tough and there are are enforcements because it is going to be a decade or longer. in that sense that it will tick off people on the right and the left has the gang of eight hit the sweet spot here? >> i think they have chris. it shows why this is hard and hasn't been done until now. we as democrats need to decide to solve it substantively,
this was killed in 2007 because harry reid derailed a very careful process set up by the white house senator kennedy and senator mccain that had 94 amendments set up to vote. senator bayh would have been there i think at the time to vote on them. and that was important because the legislation has to have the consensus of republicans and democrats that they have had a chance to write it as best they could. >> chris: senator bayh strikes me that the toughest part of the bill for the...
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reid says the bill real introduce the week after next will not include a ban on assault weapons and won't include a limit on high capacity magazines. question: should president obama have moved faster to bring it to a vote before the call for action began to fade? >> well, i think, after something like, you know, 20 first graders being murdered in their classrooms, you know, it is important to take action. and the american people are demanding action now. you know, the timeline of that, you know, sometimes, especially with a polarized congress, these things can take a long time. but, it is clear -- and you say that, you know, there is less support and i want to address that for a second. when you use words like gun control, you know, gun control doesn't poll well but we do know over 90% of americans support a universal background check. and, there is incredible momentum in congress and around the nation to get this done. >> chris: well, you say incredible momentum. five republican senators say that they are going to filibuster any additional gun restrictions. we have them up on the
reid says the bill real introduce the week after next will not include a ban on assault weapons and won't include a limit on high capacity magazines. question: should president obama have moved faster to bring it to a vote before the call for action began to fade? >> well, i think, after something like, you know, 20 first graders being murdered in their classrooms, you know, it is important to take action. and the american people are demanding action now. you know, the timeline of that,...
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>> chris: you blame republicans but i want to put up what harry reid, the senate majority leader said talking about dianne feinstein's plan to ban assault weapons, what he said about that. >> right now, her amendment, using the most optimistic numbers, has less than 40 votes. that's not 60. >> >> chris: if they don't have 40 votes in the senate for the assault weapons ban that means at least 15 democrats have joined the republicans in opposing that why was the president, dan, been unable to marshall more support from democrats as well as republicans? >> well, i think there are two things here. on all of these issues, the majority of democrats are supporting it in a tiny minority if any republicans are supporting. completely con sis stint with supporting the first second amendment. what the president wants to sign is strong enforceable bill with background checks it has 90% support. it can get done. what it is going to require is that the republican not filibuster require 60 votes when the president gave the state of the union with all the newtown families in the audience. they all app
>> chris: you blame republicans but i want to put up what harry reid, the senate majority leader said talking about dianne feinstein's plan to ban assault weapons, what he said about that. >> right now, her amendment, using the most optimistic numbers, has less than 40 votes. that's not 60. >> >> chris: if they don't have 40 votes in the senate for the assault weapons ban that means at least 15 democrats have joined the republicans in opposing that why was the president,...